Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169364.015 - Employee dies, electrocuted cutting palm that contacted wire

Accident Summary Nr: 169364.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/18/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1769528.015	08/18/2024		561730	Garcia'S Lawn Services Inc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on August 18, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping service was cutting palm fronds. One of the cut palm fronds fell onto energized electrical wires while in contact with the employee. The employee was electrocuted and died as a result.

Keywords: Arm, Clearance, Contact, Cutting, Elbow, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Finger, Glove, Hand, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Landscaper, Landscaping, Line Clearance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Palm Frond Skirt, Palm Tree, Shock, Unsafe Position, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1769528.015	33	M	Fatality		Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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